Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

Thanks to the treatment from the Paradise Bird, Russell's brain gradually started to clear up.


He slowly retrieved his ability to think.


— I was clearly angry because of the Paradise Bird, but why did I not notice the position of the Paradise Bird just now?


— All Cooked was clearly hiding behind the wall and fired two bullets at me, when exactly did he escape from there?


My second attack indeed made contact with something, which is why noise was produced — that noise, amplified, injured the Paradise Bird at the same position.


The injured Paradise Bird was the evidence that the attack had occurred.


But when "Sage Beheading" made contact with All Cooked, that "All Cooked" was already an illusion.


— So, does this mean that I fell into the illusion of being schemed by a mastermind behind the scenes because I was worried about this possibility?


— It's because I saw that triumphant look in All Cooked's eyes!


Chapter 51 Ashes of Hypocrisy (3rd Update)